Final Jeopardy: U.S.S.R.I.P. (3-29-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (3/29/2024) in the category “U.S.S.R.I.P.” was:
Of the 15 countries formed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this one is alphabetically last
Today’s Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament contestants are: Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, PA; Dhruv Gaur, a grad student from Cambridge, MA; and Ben Ingram, a business control specialist orig. from Florence, SC.
Round 1 Categories: The Ancients Speak – State Flags – A Standout Stand-Up – Penalties & Bonuses – Classic Ad Slogans & Jingles – 13-Letter Words
Dhruv found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Ancients Speak” under the $800 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,400, $1,600 more than Victoria in second place. Dhruv bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In “The Lives of the Twelve Caesars”, it’s said that his last words were “What an artist dies with me!” show
Victoria finished in the lead with $7,600. Dhruv was in second place with $5,200. Ben was last with negative $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: South American History – Plays & Playwrights – Biology “A”, “B”, “C”s – A Warming Trend – Mr. or Mrs. Song – Eponyms
Ben found the first Daily Double in “South American History” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,400, $8,200 less than Victoria’s lead. Ben bet $2,000 and said silver. That was WRONG.
Simon Iturri Patiño was once Bolivia’s rey del estaño, king of this metal in which the land is rich show
Dhruv found the last Daily Double in “Biology ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’s” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in second place with $6,400, $10,000 less than Victoria’s lead. Dhruv bet $6,400 and he was RIGHT.
“C”: In myth, it’s a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it’s an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA show
Victoria finished in the lead with $22,800. Dhruv was in second place with $14,400 and Ben was last with $5,800. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS UZBEKISTAN?
If you didn’t instantly known Uzbekistan was alphabetically last of the 15 countries formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was no need to clutter up your mind with the 10 non-stans (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine). If you just ran the 5 -stans through your mind quickly, you’d get there: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Back in 2011, a Geographic Process of Elimination Final Jeopardy! clue listed all the -stans except “This country [that] borders the most “stan”s: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Turkmenistan”. When no one got it, Alex Trebek said: “we put all those -stans in alphabetical order, and the next one on the list was Uzbekistan.”
Not surprising: Uzbekistan is also alphabetically last of the 7 countries that start with the letter U: Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan.
Ben got it right. He bet $1,854 and finished with $7,654.
Dhruv thought it was Ukraine. He lost $8,401, leaving him with $5,999.
Victoria also got it right. She bet $6,001 and won the game with $28,801. Victoria Groce advances to the semifinals.
A triple stumper from each round:
A STANDOUT STAND-UP ($600) His early stand-up bits (image) like the over-chatty ventriloquist are part of what made him a legend
SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY ($2000) This Venezuelan president said in 2019 that protesters would not go unpunished & accused the U.S. of plotting against him
2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. City Names”
Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water show
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As VJ had predicted, another basketball game had preempted the Jeopardy game in my area on prime time last Friday. Well, I subsequently programmed the VCR to tape the game for early Saturday morning as VJ suggested, but the network scheduling was haphazard to say the least for that time period. Anyways, the VCR taped about 75% of the Jeopardy game, and at that point, the VCR had shut off If I do program the VCR again for that early time slot, I better allow for a full hour of the programming time if I have any chance of taping the entire game. I mean, on the Internet, the Jeopardy game was rescheduled for 3:07 A.M EDST., but the cable TV schedule listed it as 3:00 A.M. EDST. Well, I programmed the VCR to start at 2:57 A.M. EDST and to end at 3:43 A.M. Actually, the Jeopardy game didn’t begin until sometime around 3:22 A.M. EDST. What a bummer!
Yeah, even the first few seconds of the Jeopardy game’s introduction was cut off early Saturday morning as Johnny Gilbert immediately appeared to announce the beginning of the game.
Wow, Queen Victoria really left them in her wake. Very impressive.
Only feeble FJ answer I could think of was Turkistan which is actually Turkmenistan and not the right answer here.
Not shocked no one knew that once well-known, clever comedian/movie star whose heyday was in the 70s/80s. But surely thought someone would know the two mints in one.
Ben is one of the admins of the FB contestants group, and a real southern gentleman.
Having ethnicity from the Ukraine (name only, father’s family Polish through and through), I thought of that, of course, but only for a literal second. Then, I thought of “stans” and got it correct.
Victoria was really “ripping and tearing”. No DD, and still on top. Good going for get!
The comedian, in their defense, didn’t have a good picture, there. I got it, not, I don’t recall him in spectacles or wearing a hat as a rule. His hair really gives it away.
Not, this tourney keeps on keepin’ on!!
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the game show Jeopardy.
Well, there was a 5 year lapse between the years 1979 and 1984 as the Jeopardy game show had become increasingly gimmickry during the latter part of the 1970s. This was due to to the ‘high rollers’ fad that was typical of many game shows at the time. That in turn had eventually disillusioned many Jeopardy fans, and in which resulted in the subsequent cancellation of the show due to the dismally poor ratings.
I wonder what the ratings are like this season with one endless tournament after another.
I think that this season’s ratings are at least as strong as the prior seasons. No, the endless tournaments of this season would in no way compare with the Jeopardy shows during the latter part of the 1970s.as the format in those shows went hopelessly berserk.
With all that being said, I do prefer watching the regular Jeopardy games.
Dhruv has found 13 Daily Doubles and he got 10 right and 3 wrong.